OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IN THE GOVERNANCE OF THE PLANET OCEAN
8 – 9 October, 2019
International Hydrographic Organization - IHO
MONACO
ABLOS X
There is growing recognition that the oceans are crucial to global sustainability and play a key equilibrating role in global climate as the primary sink for excess heat and carbon present in the global climate system and represent a vital repository and supporter of global biological diversity. Coastal and ocean areas are the drivers for the global economy, especially through sea-borne trade as well as via a rising ‘Blue Economy’ around the world, and play a crucial and increasingly important role in global food security. These areas are therefore of critical importance across scales, from the global to the regional, national and sub-national coastal community levels.
KEY NOTE SPEAKER
Ronan Long
Professor Ronan Long is Director of the WMU-Sasakawa Global Ocean Institute and lectures on a broad range of ocean governance subjects including: the law of the sea, the law of climate change, as well as on multilateral diplomacy and dispute resolution.
OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IN THE GOVERNANCE OF THE PLANET OCEAN
Governing our ‘Planet Ocean’ represents a vital and pressing opportunity and challenge. The tenth Advisory Board on the Law of the Sea (ABLOS X) conference provides an opportunity to reflect on, principally, legal and technical aspects relating a range of conference themes.
Preliminary program will soon be uploaded
Challenges in defining rules, standards and guidelines in the face of environmental and
technical change
Impacts of ‘new’ technologies on UNCLOS
Datum errors in mapping
Evolving from paper to e-charts
Marine spatial planning
Dynamic digital input into maritime jurisdiction
Crowd-source bathymetry
The advent of autonomous marine vehicles
Cyber-maritime security (e.g. spoofing)
Institutional developments
Advances in maritime boundary dispute resolution
The definition of tri-points in geographically complex areas
Technical Aspects of Article 76 and the delineation of the outer limits to the continental
shelf
Negotiations towards a legally binding instrument for the governance of areas beyond
national jurisdiction (ABNJ)
Climate change impacts on oceans and coasts (sea-level rise)
Advances in coastal engineering, land reclamation and the construction of artificial island,
installations and structures
SEND IN ABSTRACT
Deadline for sending abstract is 30 June 2019.
- Proceedings on CD
- Refreshments
- Lunches and evening reception